Re: I've found out something more...it's annoying!
05/23/05 10:09 AM
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Sand
Reged: 12/13/04
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Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
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My guess would be that the "high fructose corn syrup" label is probably reserved (required?) for syrups above 50% fructose. It may also be reserved for syrups created from corn as opposed to, say, beets or cane. Not because there's necessarily any chemical difference except for the percent of fructose, but because of legal (probably FDA) labeling requirements. The Gatorade response talked about "glucose-fructose syrup" being Quote:
a descriptor that complies with FDA labeling codes.
It's also possible the labeling requirements are different in different countries.
Whatever the percentage, I think it's beginning to look like "glucose-fructose syrup", like HFCS, has unbound fructose that may be problematic for IBSers. How problematic probably depends on how high the percentage of fructose in the syrup (which we can't see) and how sensitive each of us is to fructose.
And, yes, this is annoying! 
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